University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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OXFORD— MOTHER OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES Flourishing since the 1 7th century, Oxford I ' ni- versity. offspring of the University of Paris, mothered the fledgling universities of the New World. Through its existence were preserved the inheritances of economic and political freedom gained at Bologna and Paris. The Tower of Magdalen College has been called the most beautiful college structure in the world, and it is more than a little reminiscent of the Memorial Tower at Missouri.

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ON THE CAMPUS The adequate picturization of the beautiful may best be entrust- ed to the artist. This we have done in the view section of the 1927 Savitar. In an effort to secure the best possible reproduction of the campus of Missouri — of scenes which are enshrined in our hearts and hallowed in our memories — the staff secured Mr. Leonard Richmond, of London, to make pastel drawings of the campus. Mr. Richmond is a member of the Royal British Academy, and is recognized as one of the world ' s greatest pastel artists. , He has reproduced campus scenes with an artistic visualization, and has given animation and life to his reproductions, minimizing, where necessary, the architectural detail which is possible in any hackneyed presentation. The drawings of Mr. Richmond in this volume are: the Memorial Tower, the frontis- piece; a scene of the campus north of Neff Hall: the Columns; Jay H. Neff Hall; Lathrop Hall; Jesse Hall: the south steps of Jesse Hall: the Ag Arch: and a snow scene of the main entrance to Waters Hall. In addition to the drawings of Mr. Richmond, in the view section we present photographic reproductions of panoramic views of the Missouri campus and scenes from eight of the leading American uni- versities which have had a definite part in the development ot the University in the United States. This is harmonious with the theme of this volume, which is a presentation of the growth and develop- ment of the University as an institution. Campus scenes are shown of the Universities of Harvard, Princeton, Virginia, Notre Dame, Tulanc, Illinois, Cornell, and California.